Ronald Dworkin, Legal Philosophy Giant, Dies At 81

Law360, New York (February 14, 2013, 6:20 PM EST) -- Ronald Dworkin, a legal theorist who drew both loud acclaim and fierce derision for his defense of moral decision-making in the courtroom on such issues as assisted suicide and the detention of enemy combatants, died Thursday in London at age 81.

The cause was leukemia, according to an announcement from the New York University School of Law, where Dworkin had been a professor since 1975 and for years had staged a so-called colloquium course in which students took part in three-hour discussions on legal and political...